Lila Kedrova
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Kedrova in 1965
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Born | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
9 October 1909
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1938–1994 |
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Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909[1][2] – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Zorba the Greek (1964), and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for the same role in the musical version of the film.[3]
Life and career
Yelizaveta Nikolayevna Kedrova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia Empire. Her parents were Russian opera singers. Her father, Nikolay Kedrov Sr. (1871–1940), was a singer and composer, a creator of the first Russian male quartet to perform liturgical chants. Her mother, Sofia Gladkaya (ru: Софья Николаевна Гладкая), was a singer at the Mariinsky Theatre and a teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris. She had two siblings. Her brother, Nikolay Kedrov Jr. (c. 1904–1981), was a Russian singer and composer of liturgical music. Her sister, Irene Kedroff (Irina Nikolayevna Kedrova), was a soprano.[4]
Several years after the October Revolution, in 1922, the family emigrated to Berlin. In 1928, they moved to France, where Kedrova's mother taught at the Conservatoire de Paris, and her father again recreated Quatuor Kedroff. In 1932, Kedrova joined the Moscow Art Theatre touring company. Then her film career began, mostly in French films, until her first English-language film appearance as Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek (1964). Her performance won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Kedrova then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's film Torn Curtain (1966), playing the role of Countess Kuchinska, a Polish noblewoman in East Berlin who is desperate to emigrate to the United States. Kedrova played Fräulein Schneider in the West End stage production of Cabaret in 1968 with Judi Dench and Peter Sallis.
She then played a series of eccentric and crazy women in Hollywood films. In 1983, she reprised her role as Madame Hortense on Broadway in the musical version of Zorba the Greek, winning both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award in the process. In 1989, she played Madame Armfeldt in the London revival of A Little Night Music.[5]
Her second husband was Canadian stage director Richard Howard (1932–2017).[6]
Death
In 2000, Kedrova died at her summer home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, of pneumonia, having suffered a long time with Alzheimer's disease.[3][7] She was cremated. Her ashes are buried in her family grave in the Russian cemetery in Paris.[1]
Filmography
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Ultimatum | 1938 | Irina | as Lila Kédrova |
No Way Back | 1953 | Ljuba | |
Le Défroqué | 1954 | Uncredited | |
Flesh and the Woman | 1954 | Rose | |
Les Impures | 1955 | Mme. Denis, la concierge | |
Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaus | 1955 | Le femme de Bastien | Uncredited |
Razzia sur la chnouf | 1955 | Léa | |
Futures vedettes | 1955 | Mme. Dimater, Sophie's mother | |
Des gens sans importance | 1956 | Mme. Vacopoulos | |
Calle Mayor | 1956 | Pepita | |
Jusqu'au dernier | 1957 | Marcella Bastia | |
Ce joli monde | 1957 | Léa | |
The Lovers of Montparnasse | 1958 | Mme. Sborowsky | |
La Femme et le Pantin | 1959 | Manuela | |
Jons und Erdme | 1959 | ||
Mon pote le gitan | 1959 | La Choute | |
Kriss Romani | 1963 | Kirvi | |
La Mort d'un tueur | 1964 | La mère de Massa | |
Zorba the Greek | 1964 | Madame Hortense | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated ・ BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated ・ Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated ・ Laurel Award for Female Supporting Performance |
A High Wind in Jamaica | 1965 | Rosa, Tampico Bar Owner | |
Torn Curtain | 1966 | Countess Kuchinska | |
Penelope | 1966 | Sadaba | |
Maigret de Pigalle | 1967 | Rose Alfonsi | |
Le Canard en fer-blanc | 1967 | Rosa | |
The Girl Who Couldn't Say No | 1968 | Yolanda's mother | |
The Kremlin Letter | 1970 | Madam Sophie | |
A Time for Loving | 1972 | Madame Olga Dubillard | |
Rak | 1972 | La mère de David | |
Escape to the Sun | 1972 | Sarah Kaplan | |
Soft Beds, Hard Battles | 1974 | Madame Grenier | |
Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno | 1974 | Countess Mafalda | |
Footprints on the Moon | 1975 | Mrs. Heim, Old woman on the beach | |
The Cursed Medallion | 1975 | Contessa Cappelli | |
Eliza's Horoscope | 1975 | Lila | |
The Tenant | 1976 | Madame Gaderian | |
Moi, fleur bleue | 1977 | Countess de Tocqueville | |
Nido de Viudas | 1977 | Mother | US: Widow's Nest |
Le Paradis des riches | 1978 | Camille Chevallier | |
Le Cavaleur | 1979 | Olga | |
Les Égouts du paradis | 1979 | Charlotte | |
Womanlight | 1979 | Sonia Tovalski | |
Les Parents terribles | 1980 | Yvonne | |
Tell Me a Riddle | 1980 | Eva | Golden Mask Award |
Il Turno | 1981 | Maria | |
Blood Tide | 1982 | Sister Anna | |
Testament | 1983 | Uncredited | |
Sword of the Valiant | 1984 | Lady of Lyonesse | |
Some Girls | 1988 | Granny | |
Two Men | 1988 | Rose | |
A Star for Two | 1991 | Simone | |
Next Time the Fire | 1993 | Mother |
References
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External links
- Lila Kedrova at AllMovie
- Lila Kedrova at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Lila Kedrova at the Internet Movie Database
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